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Once again, here is moar logs of the questions George answered at last night's IRC day, compiled into an easier to read form. Questions are grouped into categories, although some questions covered more than one category. If anyone spots any errors I made in my cough-syrup-induced insomnia, do not hesitate to tell me.

I would also like to apologise to Cimanyd, who was also compiling a Q & A, but thanks to unforeseeable actions of the fluffier forces in the world, I was kept unaware of this. If my Q & A is not fluffy enough for you, here is a link to his ^^

The categories, with a ctrl-F anchor:
  • ~00: Anacreon
    ~01: Community/Advertising
    ~02: Development
    ~03: Gameplay
    ~04: Modding/Game engine
    ~05: Storyline
    ~06: Multiverse
    ~07: Miscellaneous fluff
Questioner key:
  • TT: Ttech
    A: The mighty George Moromisato
    RPC: Himself
    AM: Amariithynar
    WS: WillyTheSquid
    CM: Cimanyd
    FF: FourFire
    SW: StarWeaver
    PM: PM912
    X1: CygnusX1
    FW: Avan (Fluffy_Wolf)
    ST: Storm366/NithrilDark
    AD: Adran
    JJ: Jimj316 :D
    SH: The_Shrike
    TVR: Himself
    AN: Androgeos

~00
QUESTIONS ON ANACREON
TT: What is Anacreon looking like now? How is it going? ETA? Any cool things you'd like to tell us?
A: Anacreon is going well. It still has a ways to go, but I hope to do an early alpha release before the end of the year. Of course, you'll all be invited. This version has been re-written from the ground up.

TT: We cannot wait to try it out! Will it be a private invite-only beta?
A: Semi-private. Basically, only people that know the URL will be allowed to play. But of course, I'll put the URL up on the forums. The alpha version only has a single scenario, and there will only be one game with all the player in it at the same time. It will be massively multiplayer (where "massively" is defined as <200 people). Later releases will allow you to create private scenarios, but I want to test the big games first.

TT: You said this game was being developed in html5 and similar. Has this changed at all or is the only requirement to play a Web Browser?
A: The only requirement is a modern browser. I'm using canvas in HTML5, so it needs the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, IE. I'm excited about that part.It's great to have a game that runs on multiple platforms natively.

TT:Has developing it in such a new and constantly changing development language caused challenges?
A: The tech itself is great (I actually like JavaScript a lot). The challenge has been in the game design (the multiplayer aspect, particularly). For example, with dozens of people in a game, you can't really do a turn-based system. But at the same time, I wanted to preserve the slower pace that lets you think through your moves. Not to mention the fact that your opponent(s) might not be online when you are. So the game mechanics had to change. Some things will happen faster while others will happen slower.

TT: So there are major changes in the mechanics in store for us?
A: Yes. I've tried to keep the flavor the same. And the basic concepts are still the same. But many of the mechanics are different.
TT: Can you give us a hint? :)
A: For example, trade routes are a major mechanic in the new version that did not exist in the old version. In particular, you can set up trade routes between your worlds and not have to worry about ordering fleets around to move materials. Having explicit trade routes allows me to use them for other things, such as for the transfer of tech level.

TT: There has been some discussion by people on #transcendence about Anacron having the possibility of persistant services. Will this be the case? (where players can join at any time with their own race in a sort of persistent multiplayer?)
A: Yes, that's exactly right.

RPC: How will you make the trade routes not be a managerial hassle? I don't like it when the administrators just let like, ~50 billion people die while I fight the Pirates of Jakarta :/
A: Agreed! Trade routes are generally expressed in terms of demand. I.e., when you import food from a world you specify that you want to import some percent of total demand. Any additional food requirements are met by local industry. One thing I've tried in the new version is to have the worlds be self-sufficient by default. Nevertheless, you'll still get starvation if things change (e.g., if some attacker destroys your food planet) But it is harder to get it without external actors. [later] BTW, I should say that one of the points of the alpha test is to explore and resolve these kinds of questions.

RPC: Will you implement a "leeway" system where there are essential services, where foodwater/etc are diverted if people will starve as a result of an attack?
A: Yes, that makes sense. The world should produce food instead of ships, for example; My goal will be to minimize the non-fun parts of the game.

RPC: Is there any timeframe for a particular game? How long does it take to enter combat? like, will there be a week for a particular game or will it be persistent?
A: So far I'm thinking that it will be persistent. Essentially, everything will move in real time. But I expect games will take weeks and months. For example, the test scenario that I have is around 5,000 light-years across. A slow fleet will take days to cross that span. (real world days, that is).

AM: How is the look/style of the new Anacreon compared to Transcendence?
A: Well, one of the things that I haven't done yet is all of the graphics. I have some ideas, but I haven't nailed it down. That probably won't happen in earnest until after the start of the alpha test.

TT: Any last remarks you would like to say before we move onto Transcendence?
A: I can't wait for you all to try it. Thanks for bringing it up.

~01
QUESTIONS ON COMMUNITY/ADVERTISING

TT: How will we expand the community? What will you do with the Facebook Wall? Do you have any plans for its use?
A: Great question. First, my plan is to get to version 1.1, which will be designed to increase the appeal of the game. For example, there are many things that we can do to improve the game to make it more accessible. Moreover, I believe there are plenty of balance changes and content changes that can be made to increase the popularity of the game. And of course, I want to get 3rd party content (extensions) on the Multiverse. As that happens, I hope that you will see an increase in the size of the community. Certainly I will be promoting the game more and more. For example, as the company starts getting revenue from extensions on the Multiverse, I expect to be buying ad space on Facebook to promote the game.

TT: Do you have any plans to make use of Steam Greenlight or Humble Bundle? To get new players that may not have heard of it? Or getting Transcendence bundled into magazines again?
A: I will definitely reach out to various sites to distribute the game for free. Steam Greenlight may not be the best fit initially, because it is so crowded.

RPC: Do you plan to make use of Twitter as well as facebook for promoting the game?
A: A few month ago we got mentioned on IndieGames. And Transcendence comes up a lot in conversations about FTL (the game). The short answer is yes to both. However, I need to experiment with the best way to use those two platforms. For example, one issue with both is that you can't reach people who don't already know about it.

AM: Regarding the ad space you're considering purchasing eventually, have you considered services like Project Wonderful, where you can get your ad out cheaply (cents a day) to a wide audience, not just Facebook?
A: [on Project Wonderful] I hadn't heard of it before, but sounds great.

~02
QUESTIONS ON DEVELOPMENT
TT: Alright! Before we get to far on a tangent and people start yelling in pm! Are you planning on releasing any additional graphics (TranArt for part II) or new graphics in store for the game in the nearer future?
A: Not in the near future, but only because I haven't created much lately. Once part II gets going, I'll definitely release more resources.

A: BTW, a few words on future milestones: Once I have a recently stable 1.08 version (which I hope will tonight) I want the next milestone to be 1.09. 1.09 will concentrate on usability and game play fixes such as the ones that you're bringing up.

TT: The latest version of Transcendence is currently 1.08k, but the official, stable download version is still 1.01. What's the criteria for you updating the 1.01 on the download screen
A: The next stable release will be 1.1. Once that is release, I will update the main web site.> At that point also, I hope to have some content on the Multiverse so that people will be able to download free and paid extensions. But I can't 100% predict when that will be. As I said, I want the game to be more accessible to people. And I want to fix most of the little annoyances that it has now.

TT: Is there a chance the beta version can get more publicity? This is one of the biggest confusion points on the game when new people start playing. Many do not realize there are new updates past 2010.
A: Well, with some of the recent bad builds that I've had, I'm not sure that they would have been better off. But I hope that 1.1 will solve that problem.

TT: That is true enough. Is there a change though that Transcendence unstable (dev) builds can be on Github?
A: Not sure what you mean. Which version do think should be on the main page? Do you think a 1.08 derrivative would be good enough? I'm not sure yet.
TT: I meant push to github as changes are made to Transcendence (at least the stuff you can release)
A: That has its own set of trade-offs. If I have to keep two versions in development (on for GitHib and one that's not yet done) then I'm doing extra work. If I release everything (even if not yet ready) then people have to deal with really bad builds. Right now we have two builds: Stable release (1.01) And beta test (1.08k) I think you are suggesting a third stream of builds which are less stable than 1.08k

TT:What are your current plans for ports to other operating systems - are there plan to make Transcendence play nicer in Mono/WINE?
A: I would like to fix various bugs with Transcendence in wine, but I haven't had time lately. I hope that having the sources on GitHub will encourage some people to submit some bug fixes. As for a port, I hope that we can do something similar. Gambit has done a great pass with TransPort (also on GitHub) but we need help. I should emphasize: I personally don't think that a port is as important as getting some of the game balance and game usability fixes in. Those are much more likely to increase the size of the community.

AM: How often do you look through TRAC tickets? (I'm curious because I have one that's three weeks old that hasn't been acknowledged, and was wondering at the timeframe, considering you're a rather busy fellow)
A: I tend to look at critical/blocker tickets first. I generally check during my bug fixing periods, which have been 1 week per month lately.

FW: Quick question on major versions; is 1.1 now going to be modding stuff & accessibility at the same time, or will we have a relatively fast major version after that which focuses mainly on getting a lot of accessibility things cleared up before proceeding to part II stuff?
A: 1.09 will do playability, accessibility, etc. 1.1 Will likely be more + any modding requirements for extensions.
FW: In that case followup: will 1.09 be a major version or still a beta?
A: 1.09 will likely still be a beta. 1.1 will be the stable version. I'll probably have lots of letter releases for 1.09.

CM: One more question (but not a very serious one) Which will come first, 1.08z or 1.09? :D
A: Heh heh. I hope 1.09 is the next release!

AD: Any plants to bundle into Metro? I imagine that would fall under the complete rewrite stuff.
A: Probably, but I haven't looked at it yet. One problem is the touch interface.

~03
QUESTIONS ON GAMEPLAY
TT: Will you have a tutorial system anytime soon? Will this allow a player to ease into Targeting and understanding? Will this be a short adventure extension?
A: Good question. I haven't thought deeply yet. I want to increase and improve the built-in hints. I think that will help a lot. Beyond that, I think a starting adventure makes a lot of sense. This is something to think about for 1.1.

TT: Do you have any plans for difficulty tiers in Transcendence, like activating a set of mods to make the game harder or easier? Will you be willing to consider them if we come up with the implementation?
A: Yes! I would love to have an extension that makes the game more challenging. I'm not sure how to do it, so I'm looking for suggestions. Something like WE5 is great. I think of it as extensions, however, probably not something that is needed at the engine-level.

TT: Why are weapon tech levels so overly tiered and are we going to continue that or are we going to go with a more 'different weapons have different sideffects and weaknesses and strengths' so that like, a level X laser isn't antuomatically 9000% worse than a level X ion penetrator.
A: Great question. The purpose of tech levels originally is to add a specific challenge: To have the player deal with a non-linear increase in power. That is, instead of the player facing a smooth ramp of opponent difficulty, sometimes the player needs to deal with a step-function change in difficulty. If you don't like that step function, you can mod it out in your own adventures (with the new damage curve levels feature) But if you like the step-change, then you can think about the levels independent of the "labels" That is, think of "laser" as just a label that means "damage tier 1" If you think about it that way, then I don't know if you need level X lasers. From a flavor perspective, however, it might be nice to have a level X laser. Perhaps all we need to do is provide a way for weapons to re-label damage tiers. (This is all poorly thought out. Definitely worth thinking more about it, though.)

TT: Isn't it likely there is a correlation between difficulty "steps-functions" and players quitting the game, as opposed to specific locations (i.e. st. K's)
A: Yes, that's possible. Perhaps an adventure variant with flat damage curves would be very popular. It would be worth trying out.

TT: For nebula systems/binary systems? Can we make it so autopilot can go faster? Can we have an item that lets us "penetrate" the nebula?
A: Binary systems need some work, clearly. My usual tactic in Binary systems is to tackle one star at a time. But I agree that it can be needlessly frustrating. For nebula systems, I agree that we need an item that lets you penetrate it. This is something that I would like to explore for 1.09 and 1.1.

TT: Is Rigel Aurelius ever going to have guaranteed weapons and armor stations?
A: I think that's a great idea (if someone could write a ticket, I would love to handle it in 1.09).

TT: The community is currently divided over the usefulness of the Teraton Fabricator. On one hand, a considerable number of veteran players and modders, who are capable of reading the scripting language, view it as a game breaker. Will you make any adjustments to the fabricator based on input from this group, and if you do, what will they be? On the other hand, an equally significant portion of the community, primarily newer players and modders who don't understand the scripting language, have absolutely no idea how to use it.Will you add more hints on how to use the fabricator to help the latter group?
A: I definitely agree that it needs work. Originally, the Teraton fabricator was inspired by Nethack's polypile feature. Basically, a way to transmute an item from one to the other. I added embelishments that I think ended up causing more trouble that they're worth. I don't have a good suggestion for a change, however. But I agree that we need to do something.

TT: Regarding damage types: How do nano weapons work? What about dark matter/energy weapons like the Penitent cannon?
A: I would like nano weapons to incorporate various nanomachine effects, such as corroding your armor, or mutating your devices, etc. Just like ion weapons have various effects (EMP, blindness), I would like nano weapons to cause various (hopefully interesting) effects. For dark matter: The top two damage tiers are dark matter/dark energy weapons. In generally I think those are going to be indistinguishable from magic. You'll only get those powers towards the very end of Part II. (at least in their full form. The Penitent weapons are a very limited version).

TT: Will we ever get a set of stealth armors? What kind of extra UI bits to indicate stealthyness and enemy awareness can you add?
A: Good question. Stealth armor sort of works now, but I don't think it materially affects the tactical situation. I would like to add some engine changes that make stealth better. For example, the AI should miss much more often if you're using stealth.

FF: Will there be more systems in Part II ?
A: FourFire: Yes, definitely more system types
FF: I meant Numerically; will there be more systems in part II than part I
A: FourFire: Yes, Part II will have over a hundred systems.

X1: Please consider strafe thrust keys, or at least three more keybindings that trigger events and I'll make a lateral thrust vector mode for you. This could give us left, right, and back thrust to start with, but more keybindings could be useful for many things.
A: Agreed.

AM: that's another query, GeorgeMoromisato: Will there ever be more official player ships than the EI500, the Sapphire, and the Wolfen?
A: Yes--more player ships will be coming. ETA uncertain, however, hopefully early next year.

SH: One question I've got, and forgive me if it's been asked before: Why exactly does Charon exist, ingame? It makes little economic and military sense to have a station full of hostiles right next to the commonwealth capital, and while the mission is a great combat experience, it feels somewhat out of place.
A: Agreed. I think of it as a system in transition. It used to be a regular Comm system, but recently the pirates got too strong.

PM: Sapphire needs more cash at least. I can sell all of the EI500 cargo and start with MORE cash than Sapphire.
A: That's a good suggestion (on more cash). I think it makes sense.

FW: without regards to specifics, are you open to a complete rework of the mining system?
A: Sure. Again, I would like it yo have some sort of challenge (unlike today).

~04
QUESTIONS ON STORYLINE
CM: Why are fusion triggers illegal, Lucifer missiles not illegal, and according to the trigger description they're used in Lucifers?
A: Ah! Good question. My original goal was to have two ways of acquiring Lucifer missiles: legally, via the Military, and illegally via the Black Market. Thus the inconsistency. (That's a game design explanation) In terms of a Transcendence universe explantion, How about this: It is illegal to build your own nuclear missiles (because the contract for building nuclear missiles specifies things like IDs for where you got the material. Moreover, it forces the manufacturer to label the missile in such a way that it can be identified as nuclear. If you have an illegal trigger, you can by pass those controls. Of course, that implies that a missile created with a nuclear trigger should not be "military" (and thus not confiscated). That might be a good change.what do you think?
CM: I was thinking of a similar explanation - the triggers that are legally manufactured are different from the illegal ones, like cancer dust (and unliscenced)
A: Cool--that makes sense.

CM: And my next question: Why are there superfreighters out past the edge of systems? Are they testing jumpdrives, or are they looking for the Huaramarca stargate?
TT: This has the entire community waiting with abided breath!
A: Well, I'm not sure I have a good answer (other than because that's how the random encounter code words). But perhaps this: Maybe the freighters are trying to figure out what you are doing out there. Perhaps they think that you have found something valuable out there.
CM: I was talking about the missions to rescue superfreighters, actually
A: Oh, those! I always expected that they had engine malfunction and had drifted out to the edge of the system. But maybe it has to do with the Lamplighter...perhaps they are looking for antimatter? I have to think about that.

TT: Do you currently have any plans for future Oracus Powers, or the option to select Oracus as your "superbeing" at the beginning of the game ?
A: Good question. Perhaps one can play the game as a Penitent. That would be an interesting extension. I don't have any short-term plans. But it fits with some of the ideas that I'm planning for new player ships, etc.
TT: Would this be something that might be supported via an official mod?
A: Possibly, but I don't want to discourage anyone from working on it now. I will be a while before I could get to it.

TT: Elysium - What will happen here? Will we see this soon? Perhaps a way to jump back to human space?
A: I would like Elysium to be both a way to travel from place to place but also a mystery in itself. Who built the station there? What was its purpose? In Part II, I think there should be analogues to Elysium.
TT: So its a surprise! I hate surprises. :(
A: Well, as soon as I figure it out I'll let you all know!

CM: GeorgeMoromisato, about ships in general: we know that everything in Transcendence is scaled exponentially, but have you ever decided on physical dimensions for some of the ships? Like length/width/height.
A: Remind me on the forums and I'll post the exponential scale.

AM: GeorgeMoromisato, will you ever give definite inner dimensions and other "fluff" information like crew size, number of decks, power usage, etc. for ships to give them a more fleshed out functional history?
A: Good question on inner dimensions. I think for the player ships that would be cool.

SW: GeorgeMoromisato, We've got an exponential scale for planets, do you also have one for ships/stations?
A: Yes, I have one for ships (somewhere). Remind me and I'll post it on the forums (or the wiki).

SH/AN:One suggestion that I've sometimes thought of in IRC (and I'll admit I probably should have taken it to a ticket), is to indicate warzones by a greater concentration of wreckage: more dead ships, minefields in Ares/CW space (I've been planning to make minefield mods for years, and I never have), and even dead stations left over from the early days of the...conflict. Could you see background/environmental details like these maki[ng their way into the game?]
A: I like that.

~05
QUESTIONS ON MODDING/GAME ENGINE
TT: There is some interest in getting the musically talented members of the community to make music for the game. Are you willing to support this as a part of the core game in some manner?Could we use the attributes system for music?
TT: Maybe the engine or script would say (playMusic "+Ares +Combat +Phobos") (generating the tags from system, station, ship, and combat status), and the music system would pick one of the songs that best matched those tags based on a <Music file="blah" tags="ares"/> type resource tag? (Possibly independant from the extensions system?) This would seem to allow for arbitrarially extendable music selection using lookup procedures you already have.
A: That's a very interesting suggestion. This would also be most appropriate for dock screen (a la Star Control). I would love to provide the engine support necessary for something like that, though I'm not sure exactly how it would work. What triggers a change in music? The transition between pieces of music could be a problem also. But conceptually, I like the idea. As I said, I would love to add engine support for it and have people write the appropriate extensions/adventures.

WS: Tf someone has an idea of how to set up the music transitions etc, can they contact George? Because I have been thinking about it.
A: I generally think it is better to discuss it in the forums (and poke me if I don't respond). Once we get consensus on how the feature might work, then a ticket is the best way to get it to happen. I like a public discussion because I can never think of all the ways that it can affect mods. And lots of people have great ideas.

TT: Do you have any plans to add additional sounds into the game?
A: Not in the near future; simply because of lack of time, and also talent. But I would love to get more sounds in. I believe there are some packaged sound libraries that I can purchase. I should investigate that.
TT: That sounds interesting! But I'm sure as a community we can likely manufacture sounds as well. Something that might be interesting to look into.
A: Yes, definitely! BTW: I should also say that I need to come up with a way to get more community involvement in the shipping game. The registered developer program is one way, but I also want to be able to take submissions from people for sounds, images, etc. I need to work up some very simple legal documents for that, however. (Similar to how other open source projects deal with it.)

TT: Are there any plans for support for a colourblind mode/changing HUD colours? There was a ticket written up for a simple colour switch flag.
A: Yeah, I think that's a great idea. I don't know if I've scheduled the ticket, but it should be for 1.09 or 1.1.

TT: There are a growing number of international players who do not speak english. Are there plans to support internationalization in the menus and gameplay?
A: Unfortunately, not for 1.1. This is a difficult problem because so much of the text is distributed throughout the XMLs. I would be very difficult, unfortunately, to do.
TT: But it is set for sometime in the future?
A: What I'd like to do is to (over time) move most or all of the text to the <Language> element of the XMLs. Once that happens then internationalization is a lot easier.

TT: What about additional fonts to support other languages, or for readability? [such as the OpenDyslexic font, for sufferers of Dyslexia, or simply larger print]
A: Yeah. That's an easier problem once we can separate all the language elements.

TT: What sorts of APIs will 3rd party developers have - such as stats and other information. Will we get a way to generate systems though a web API? "Network Systems" and will there be improvements to Gating system if this happens? (Also possibly an IRC client?
A: I assume you're talking about APIs on the Multiverse (as opposed to the engine). Most of the APIs will be for querying data. I'm definitely open to request for Multiverse APIs.

TT: GeorgeMoromisato, It appears github was release was last updated in April?
A: GitHub is up to date as of 1.08i I'm only a few days behind, I think.

PM: Will ships continue to use 20 or 40 facings, or will all ships have as many facings to turn smoothly?
A: For player ships, I think I will stick with 40. But I want to fix the bug that prevents ships from working with more.

PM: When will we get png support?
A: I have it scheduled for 1.1 (I think). That's probably about right, but I can put it in 1.09, if really needed.

TVR: What do you think of Komoro Station Adventure? Details: http://neurohack.com/transcendence/foru ... 3ba79dfbdf
A: I love the concept! I can't wait to see it running.

AM: GeorgeMoromisato, what is your thoughts on the Mining Pack made by WillyTheSquid and TransGeek as a possible inclusion into the official game as a replacement for current mining functions?
A: On mining pack: I haven't looked at it closely yet. But I've heard great things about it and I think it could make a good extension for the Multiverse. Cool, thanks. Let me know when it is done and I will take a look.

SH: Will Sexyship/Swordship/etc can be added as official playership?
RPC: No :P That's just mean >.>
JJ: Shrike if you ask that I will evicerate you
AD: Not sure going to say anything else on that matter.

~06
QUESTIONS ON MULTIVERSE
TT: Any general direction for Multiverse? What broad goals do you plan to accomplish?
A: My first goal is to get some extensions in there. I've been somewhat conflicted about what kinds of extensions I want there. I definitely want some high-quality adventures, but as we all know, those are hard to create. So I'm trying to think of some simpler extensions that we could create. Lately I've been thinking about a set of extensions that would include more player ships to the vanilla adventure. Beyond that, I want the multiverse to have more player information. For example, I want badges and achievements to be tracked there.
TT: [the same question again for some reason]
A: As you may or may not know, I've recruited a small set of people to be "registered developers". This means that they will be creating some of the extensions that will go on the Multiverse. It's still early days, but we hope to come up with some new content for the Multiverse soon. Also, the Multiverse encompasses both Transcendence and Anacreon. You will use the same username for both.

TT: Will characters and gameplay be able to be swapped between the two?
A: I don't know about characters; they seem to be too different. But certainly achievements, etc.
TT: That's awesome! More stats to graph!
A: Definitely! BTW, a quick aside: One of the purposes of all the stats that I'm collecting is to figure out which parts of the game need to be improved. For example, I suspect that many new players quit after a certain point in the game. But which point? Is it at Eridani? Is it before St. Kats? Depending on where it is, we can improve that part of the game.

TT: I've always thought about the stats as something to graph and display for leader-boards and such. Has such data shown results so far?
A: No, I haven't had the chance to mine it yet. But perhaps that is something that you can help me with, Ttech.
TT: I'd be more then interested and willing to help out with such things! My weakness is data. :D

ST:What are the planned features for the multiverse (aka your vision of Granduer for it)? What are the planned features for the multiverse (aka your vision of Granduer for it)? What are the planned features for the multiverse (aka your vision of Granduer for it)? What are the planned features for the multiverse (aka your vision of Granduer for it)? [repetition his, over several minutes]
A: I want to support official extensions. Also more achievements and badges for players.

ST: Will there be limits to [the] pri[c]es or [the] size (of the mod), etc.?
A: I don't know about price limits yet. Still working on that. P.s.: Most everyone here will get free stuff, though.

~07
QUESTIONS ON EVERYTHING ELSE
TT: Our first question is one everyone is dying to know! How is your dog? Anything interesting you can tell us that happened with him recently?
A: Heh heh! Great! Helo is doing very well. He just recently got his AKC Championship! That just means that he is a pretty decent representative of a Schnauzer. Not that we care all that much, but we are good friends with the breeders and they are very proud.
TT: That is very cool! Are we going to see you in a few years at one of the big dog shows?
A: Definitely no! They are fun to watch, but we hate having Helo away from us. I'll upload some pictures later.
TT: Aww. That is still quite a feat. He must be very proud!

TT: Any interesting books your dog have been reading recently?
A: Ha! Not, not lately. Though he tried to eat the Steve Jobs biography that I was reading.

AD: I presume you use your own custom written https server? why .hexm?
A: Yes, custom written server. .hexm is my own version of server-side script (like PHP except using TransLisp).

JJ: GeorgeMoromisato, this is a bit of a fluffy question, why are your other projects (Luminous, Teraton, Neurohack are the ones that come to mind) named after things in T?
A: Hah! Usually I came up with one name and stole it in the other project. With Luminous it was in T first then separate. With Neurohack it was the other way around.

FF: Is there any particular reason that the sapphire yacht seems to be the game's "mascot" ?
A: No *good* reason. I think it is the most distinctive of all the ships.
FF: Or was it just the first ship you designed?
A: Also it came first. Early versions did not have the other player ships.
CM: Since the EI500 is obviously much better than the Sapphire?
JJ: Because it's awesome is why
FW: It was the first playable ship
JJ: It's the space-based pimpmobile

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My fingers hurt :<
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Nice list! Now there are two of them :P

This should be moved to here, right?
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Cimanyd wrote:Nice list! Now there are two of them :P

This should be moved to here, right?
Sorry to repeat myself, but nothing has happened and I haven't gotten any answer. Why hasn't this been moved to the IRC days subforum?
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its moved now. :)
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